Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would be uplifted in their vision by seeing the important difference between the Lord’s table for our enjoyment of the Lord in fellowship and the Lord’s supper to satisfy Him, to give Him our remembrance (1 Cor. 10:21; 11:20). Throughout the years we have been deeply impressed […]
Let’s pray for the saints to see that, in instituting the table, the Lord Jesus made a covenant with the New Testament believers
Dear saints, let’s pray that the saints would see that the new covenant promised to Israel in Jeremiah 31:31-34 was absolutely, thoroughly, and completely fulfilled by the Lord Jesus when He established His table and that in instituting the table, He made a covenant with the New Testament believers (Jer. 31:31, 33-34; Matt. 26:26-28; Mark […]
Let’s pray for the saints to shepherd people out of love for them, an interest in them, a burden for them, and adequate prayer for them
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would shepherd people out of love for them, an interest in them, a burden for them, and adequate prayer for them, practicing to write down their names, praying for their spiritual welfare constantly, visiting them regularly, bringing them to home meetings, and establishing them in the church […]
Let’s pray for the saints to labor and endeavor consistently and persistently, not expecting quick results
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Dear saints, let us pray that, according to the divine operation in them, the saints would take the way of laboring and endeavoring consistently and persistently, undeterred by obstacles, not disappointed by setbacks, and not expecting quick results (Col. 1:28-29 and note 281; Acts 20:20, 31; Eph. 4:11-13). Whatever way you take, you should do […]
Let us pray for the saints to travail in birth over their spiritual children until Christ is formed in them
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would follow the pattern of the apostle in learning to travail in birth over their spiritual children until Christ is formed in them (Gal. 4:19). Paul told the Galatian believers that he was again travailing on their behalf. Travail refers to painful labor in childbirth. In this […]
Let us pray for the saints to foster the new believers as a nursing mother and as an exhorting father
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would follow the apostle’s pattern to foster the new believers as a nursing mother cherishes her own children and as a father exhorts, consoles, and testifies to his own children (1 Thes. 2:6-8, 11). In verse 8 Paul continues, “Thus, yearning over you, we were well pleased […]
Let us pray for the saints to follow the apostle Paul’s pattern in boasting in those gained, perfected, and built up through him
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would follow the pattern of the apostle Paul, who boasted in those who had been gained, perfected, and built up through him (2 Thes. 1:3-4; Phil. 2:16-17; 2 Cor. 9:2; 1:14). In 2 Thessalonians 1:3 and 4 Paul says, “We ought to thank God always concerning you, […]